Reply to Article by Craig Whitlock “Another Rift between Greece, Macedonia – Both Lay Claim to Alexander the Great” published on the Washington Post on 7/28/2009 by Alexander Mizan Click here to read the original article July 28, 2009 To the Editor Washington Post It is my extreme disappointment at the editorial standards of Craig Whitlock and the Washington […]

Dear Mr. Whitlock, Friday, July 31, 2009 I thank you for taking the time to respond to my e-mail. It was courteous of you to do so in view of your busy schedule, and since many readers on this issue have probably contacted you. However, and unfortunately I continue to disagree with your views. You state that […]

Dear Mr. Ammerman, Thanks for the note and for taking the time to write, though of course I’m sorry you didn’t like the article. You make a good point and raise a legitimate question about why the article quoted so many people from Skopje, as opposed to sources from Greece. Please allow me to explain. The purpose of reporting the […]

Dear Mr. Whitlock, Thursday, July 30, 2009 I am sorry to see that your article “Another Rift Between Greece, Macedonia” published online on The Washington Post’s website on July 28, 2009 is completely off mark, biased, and reflects a generally unprofessional attitude on your part. This is not what international reporting is supposed to be like, in my opinion. The […]

By Miltiades Elia Bolaris On a Washington Post article, (“Another Rift Between Greece, Macedonia, Both Lay Claim to Alexander the Great”, July 28, 2009) Craig Whitlock is intend on sending us scrambling back to our History books. Should we be talking about Alexandros o Megas /ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ o ΜΕΓΑΣ or Aleksandar Veliki / Александар Велики? Was he Greek or was he […]

Mr Whitlock I’m writing to you regarding your recent article published on Washington post on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 concerning the Macedonian issue. I’m one of those people that you and others unfortunately have choose to ignore, either because of ignorance or deliberately. I hope in your article we’re talking about the first case. This group of people i include […]

By Philip Atticus Craig Witlock’s articles in the Washington Post, Another Rift Between Greece, Macedonia Both Lay Claim to Alexander the Great, of July 28th is hardly an objective piece of reporting. I find it highly questionable, for instance, that Mr. Witlock refers to no less than 6 pro-FYROM sources in the article (Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki; President Gjorge Ivanov, […]